This is the group of Faith Riders who rode for Run for the Son today!  Beautiful day in the 70's.  So far today with this group we raised $3,760.  Praising the Lord!  Thanks Kimmy and Vikki for knitting dishcloths which helped raise money.  Love my girls!

Getting ready to head out.  That's Wes and Gayla's old house in the background.  They build their new house next door.  When I was a kid and we lived down the road, the other kids told me Marilyn Monroe lived there.  Actually at that time is was Buella Warner who live there.  She sent many kids to Bay Shore Camp from her Sunday School Class and was a good friend of Wes and Gayla's.  Before she died, I told her what the kids said and she laughed.

One of our stops in Sanford along the way!

At our restaurant in Clare.

Bill and I in front of the restaurant!

Next stop was Cops and Donuts.  We were happy when we looked in the room there and saw Paula and Denise Nelson, Jason Moore, Justin and Sara McCoy and another couple.  They were riding their motorcycles too.

Bill and Sabrena ended up doing donut time at Cops and Donuts.

Oh, no dad and I end up doing donut time too!

Our next stop was at a huge Amish Store in Clare.  Loved seeing the horses.

I took a picture of this for Kimmy.  They put a decorative plate in the center.  Thought it was pretty cool.  It's hard to see, but the wood frame around it is white wood.

Thought the boys would like to see this spiderman motorcycle.  It was at one of our stops.

Our next stop was at the Rail Side Restaurant for ice cream.  So much for my diet today.  

Hailey singing in the choir competition.  

Hailey before she plays the violin in her music competition.

Hailey and her group playing!

Hailey did an amazing job playing her violin.

After the competition I stopped at Vikki's and spent time with these sweeties.

It was so cute how Peyton and Eli were sitting together when I came in and Isaac and Evan were sitting together.  So cute!

Evan got a new haircut.

Took Max and Evan to Old Town Coney to get root beer floats.  Jack said his was a little spicy.  He didn't like it so I ate it (just what I did not need) and I got him an ice cream cone at McDonalds.

The boys had fun on the trampoline until Max started feeling sick. The root beer float and jumping didn't mix.  Poor boy.

Went to Frankenmuth for Hailey's music competition.  She was in 3 events.  She did amazing in all of them.  During the time between events, I went to Debbie's to take her birthday present.  We had a nice visit.  She mentioned how Grandma Schmidt died on her birthday, Aunt Dorothy was buried on her birthday, and Aunt Milda was buried on her birthday.  She celebrates their lives now.  Kind of strange that that all happened on her birthday though.  I went back to the competition and walked around the circle around the library with Melissa.  It was nice to get some exercise.  I went to Vikki's afterward.  Kimmy and Eli were there.  Kenzie was getting a lesson on how to cut Bryce's hair.  She did real good.  Kim and Vikki went for a walk while I stayed with all the kids.   A kid ran into Kenzie's car when she was leaving school.  Luckily she wasn't hurt and not much damage to her car.  Felt bad for her as it was only her 2nd day driving to school.  I left to pick up Jack and Max from school.  Went in because I had to get Hailey's coat, book bag and glasses.  Max talked about how much he liked root beer floats so I took them to get one.  I didn't get one for myself though.  As you read above though I ended up eating Jack's.  We came to my house and the boys jumped on the trampoline and rode the scooter with papa until I had to pick up Melissa and Hailey to go to "Girls of Grace" dance.  We ate at Cracker Barrel first.  We loved the worship presentation.  It was beautiful dance and worship.  Had such a fun evening together.

Peyton and Isaac playing with doll with magnetic clothes I got at the garage sales.

Hailey had a low grade fever and her hip hurt this morning so I brought her home with me while Melissa went to Bible Study.  Always love having this girl over.

Evan, the Birthday Boy and Daniel had lots of fun on the trampoline, swings etc.

Peyton and Isaac had lots of fun too!

Hailey, Evan and Daniel on the trampoline.

Hailey doing a flip for me.

Peyton, Isaac, Evan and Daniel

Kenzie pulling into my driveway for the first time after getting out of school.  Her first car and she just got her first job too!  The Lord is good!

 Bill trying out his scooter for the first time.  Got a great deal on it at a garage sale.  Got it so he can use it at the campground.

Peyton wasn't too happy about riding on the scooter.  

Bill and Isaac riding the scooter.  Isaac loved it and wanted to go again.

Nana's turn.  Took me a little longer to get the hang of it.  

 Called to wish Evan Happy Birthday this morning and Melissa said she was taking him to Tim Horton's for a donut.  I told her I would meet them there.  Hailey came too as she had a low grade fever and her hip was hurting.   I prayed for her when I got there.  We had muffins (the kids had donuts) and drinks.  I took Hailey home with me while Evan and Melissa went to Bible Study.  Bill and I anointed Hailey and prayed together for her.  Shortly after we got home, Kimmy came.  A little while later, Vikki and the twins came.  Hailey told me she was feeling all better!  Thank you Lord. Melissa, Evan and Daniel came after Bible Study and McDonald's.  Kimmy and Vikki typed in all Bill's contacts into his email.  Vikki read them while Kimmy typed.  He had a very long list too.  Thanks girls.  Melissa and I watched the kids ha ha.  I say ha ha because the kids started going into the garage and we didn't notice until Kimmy and Vikki said something.  We did better after that.  The kids all had fun playing and jumping in the trampoline.  Kenzie drove her car here from school so it was nice to see her.  Way to go Kenzie!  After Kenzie left, the batteries came for the scooter so we went out and tried it.  At 6, we met Wes, Gayla and Joel at G's Pizzeria. Great pizza and wonderful fellowship.  Such a wonderful day.

Phyllis, Ruth and I (and photo bomb)

Loved our visit with Ruth today!  She will be 99 in June!

Went for a long walk with these two sweeties and Vikki today after Bill and I cut the grass at His Restoration.

Our care group and John Galsterer's care group with be cutting the grass at His Restoration again this year.  Dad and I did it today.  We had quite a few from our care group sign up.  John and Erin's care group will fill in the blanks.

Got up and enjoyed my coffee and breakfast out on the deck this morning.  It was so nice out.  Vikki and Rody came over and put the plates on Kenzie's car and picked it up to take and have it checked out.  Took it to Firestone but they wanted $600.00.  Then they called Ed and he can get it done where he works for a couple of hundred. Thank you Lord!  Met Phyllis where Ruth Kish lives and we had a very nice visit with her.  She  will be 99 years old in June.  She is amazing and so sharp.  We would mention a prayer need and she would pray for them right away.  A powerful prayer too.  She is such an example of faithfulness to the Lord and such a witness.  When she was in her late 80's she went on a mission trip to Russia.  When we left there I met Bill and we mowed the grass at His Restoration.  Then I went to Vikki's and she, Peyton, Isaac and I walked over a mile.  It was a beautiful day.

 

Our birthday celebration for Iain.

Livia took this pic of Kim and I in our party hats.

The kids eating their cupcakes!

 Added these pics tonight.  We had a birthday celebration to honor Iain!  His mom brought delicious banana cupcakes.  So much fun with these kiddos.  We learned about Paul tonight and how we need to be telling others about Jesus.

We celebrated Vicky's and MaryAnn's Birthdays tonight!  Half the cake has Mich. Decorations on it and half has Michigan Decorations on it.  In the Middle is the Tiger's decoration.

These were last weeks Birthday Boys, Roy and Dennis!

Kim and Vicky.  Kim made the cake.  Notice her shirt!  Half Mich, half Mich. State.  She is so sweet and cute!  She sure takes good care of everyone in our care group and makes everyone feel special.

Went to our breakfast this morning.  Louise, her daughter Becky and son in law Dave got back from Florida last night, so came to breakfast which was a nice surprise.  After breakfast, I went to Melissa's and watched Evan while she took Max to an appt.  Evan was so cute and fun.  Wish I would remember to take pics.  Met Vikki afterwards at the rail trail.  We were going to walk it.  Ended up going to her house because we needed to take sweetie Isaac with us.  He was at grammy's and didn't like having some workers there.  It upset him.  We really enjoyed our walk.  We walked a little over a mile.  I didn't remember to take pics of Isaac either.  Will have to try harder to remember.  We sure had a nice walk.  Thanks Vikki for the good idea.  We will have to do it more often.  Came home and got ready for care group.  We had fourteen here tonight.  Our care group is becoming like family with one another and it is so nice.  We are very blessed.  While we were eating snacks, dad asked if anyone had a praise report.  Vikki had called me a few minutes before and told me Kenzie got the job at Culver's!  Thank you Lord.  I gave that as a praise report.  Bill was so surprised!  I am so happy for Kenzie.  This was her first interview ever.  Kim made a cake for the birthday girls, Vicky and  MaryAnn.   She had it decorated so cute.  Vicky brought veggies so we could eat healthy too.  Bill did a great job leading Bible Study.  Lots of good input from everyone too.  God is Good!

The rest of today. Ended up having two posts because I did them at different times and forgot to use the edit feature.

                                                                   Jacob and his chicken.

I got to feed one of the lambs today.  Sure can drink a bottle fast.  So cute!

Eli and I feeding the lambs!

Eli is a very good helper!

This is Jacob's transformer he made!  Above is the vehicle and below is the person.  He's pretty creative.  I see great things in store for this young man!  Way to go Jacob!

Picked the boys up from the bus today to surprise them.

I was very happy to see Jacob, Adam and Eli today when we picked them up.  Eli's bus won!  Ha Ha!


Took Kenzie to school early so she could finish a paper she tried to do at my house but my old computer wasn't working right so she couldn't finish it.  After that, I went and walked 2 miles at Sports Zone.  Then I came home and changed then headed to Kimmy's for a computer lesson.  Thank you Kimmy for all I learned and all I got done today.  I really appreciate you and love you!  We had soup in my new mugs, a cutie orange, and strawberries.  Stayed so I could get to see the boys.  Loved spending time with them.  Came home and made a grilled chicken salad.  Bill had a bowl of soup with his.  Did our lesson for care group tomorrow night.  Pray for Bill as he is coming down with a cold.